The Best of Opera Vol 5

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• Album Summary
• Notes & Reviews
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• Works Details

	Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 - The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
	Carmen - Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla) and Duet
	La fanciulla del West - Ch' ella mi creda libera
	Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) - Una voce poco fa
	Lohengrin - Treulich gefuhrt
	Fidelio, Op. 72 - Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin
	Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620 - Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: March of the Priests
	Andrea Chenier - La mamma morta
	La traviata - La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
	Rigoletto - Gualtier Malde... Caro nome
	Aida - Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste Aida
	Il trovatore - D'amor sull' ali rosee
	Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 - Un' aura amorosa
	Lucia di Lammermoor - Il dolce suono ('Mad Scene')

Album Summary

Performers

• Graciela Alperyn (Mezzo Soprano)
• Giorgio Lamberti (Tenor)
• Thomas Harper (Tenor)
• Sonia Ganassi (Mezzo Soprano)
• Inga Nielsen (Soprano)
• Alida Ferrarini (Soprano)
• Kristjan Johannsson (Voice)
• Daniela Longhi (Soprano)
• John Dickie (Voice)
• Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)

Conductors

• Halasz, Michael
• Humburg, Will
• Rahbari, Alexander
• Saccani, Rico
• Wildner, Johannes
• Wordsworth, Barry

Ensemble

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Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Notes & Reviews:

This well-filled disc contains music from some of the grandest operas in the Naxos catalog. This well-recorded collection is both an accessible memoir of and a wonderful introduction to the exciting world of grand opera.

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Works Details

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Overture

• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla) and Duet

• Performers: Graciela Alperyn (Mezzo Soprano); Giorgio Lamberti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Puccini, Giacomo : La Fanciulla del West :: Ch'ella mi creda libera

• Performer: Thomas Harper (Tenor)
• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Notes: Composition written: 1910.
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1910

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa

• Performer: Sonia Ganassi (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Treulich gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus)

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin

• Performer: Inga Nielsen (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 7 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: March Of The Priest

• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: La mamma morta

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Prelude to Act 1

• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Gualtier Malde...Caro nome

• Performer: Alida Ferrarini (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida

• Performer: Kristjan Johannsson (Voice)
• Conductor: Rico Saccani
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: D'amor sull'alli rosee

• Performer: Daniela Longhi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Un'aura amorosa

• Performer: John Dickie (Voice)
• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Il dolce suono (Mad Scene)

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Running Time: 16 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835